Plac Zbawiciela – Church of the Most Holy Saviour

Plac Zbawiciela – Church of the Most Holy Saviour, 1945

The church with its twin towers and central spire, seen across the round garden in the middle of the square

The war-damaged church behind rubble and stone lions on today's Aleja Wyzwolenia

The church with one tower under reconstruction in scaffolding, on the cleared post-war square

Aerial view of the square ringed by the arcaded MDM buildings, with the church towers on the right

The church seen from the square, without the pre-war central spire

The front of the church with its twin towers

Aerial view of the square from the west, with the church on the right

Source: Leonard Jabrzemski · Public domain (PD-Poland)

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Plac Zbawiciela on Marszałkowska Street is dominated by the Church of the Most Holy Saviour, built in 1901–1927. In September 1939 German shells destroyed the church's west tower, the spire over the crossing and the roof, and in 1944 it suffered further severe damage. The church was repaired after the war and its towers rebuilt; in the early 1950s the square was enclosed by the arcaded buildings of the MDM housing estate. The central spire over the crossing was never rebuilt.